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chris lawrence, many thanks. and actually, chris isn't going anywhere because he'll return at the bottom of the hour to discuss one of the more intriguing questions, did the navy s.e.a.l.s record the entire raid on helmet cams? chris will be back to discuss that. >>> defense secretary robert gates also says security is a big reason why the president will not release the bin laden death photos. gates referenced the photo-shop age we live in and said someone could alter those pictures and use them to stir up anger and provoke on american troops in iraq and afghanistan as well as on american civilians who live overseas. senator john mccain says the way america treats its prisoners of war is key to keeping our men and women in uniform safe. he writes in "the washington post" today, while some enemies and al qaeda surely will never be bound by the principle of reciprocity, we should have concern for those americans captured by more conventional enemies, if not in this war, then in the next. of course, mccain spent yea
chris lawrence, many thanks. and actually, chris isn't going anywhere because he'll return at the bottom of the hour to discuss one of the more intriguing questions, did the navy s.e.a.l.s record the entire raid on helmet cams? chris will be back to discuss that. >>> defense secretary robert gates also says security is a big reason why the president will not release the bin laden death photos. gates referenced the photo-shop age we live in and said someone could alter those pictures...
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our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here in "the situation room" to talk about this. what do we know about these recordings? >> the first thing, wolf, a military official is telling us that it's hazy. it's extremely dark. so don't go in there expecting to see movie quality here. but what it does do is it puts you in the shoes of the actual s.e.a.l.s as they were going through this assault. he says basically when you look at this video, it's basically going to be a training tool for the s.e.a.l.s to be able to go in and actually put themselves back in that moment and see what they did right and what they did wrong. any actual video of osama bin laden would have been very quick because again every time their head moves, the camera moves. he says the video is very shaky and hazy. >> we also are now learning that u.s. officials, authorities have had access to the wives, the surviving wives of bin laden. what do we know about that? >> troo, access, but not the kind they wanted. u.s. officials wanted to interview these three women separately so they could see if there were
our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here in "the situation room" to talk about this. what do we know about these recordings? >> the first thing, wolf, a military official is telling us that it's hazy. it's extremely dark. so don't go in there expecting to see movie quality here. but what it does do is it puts you in the shoes of the actual s.e.a.l.s as they were going through this assault. he says basically when you look at this video, it's basically going to be a...
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>> chris lawrence live at arlington national cemetery. thank you. >>> let's talk about politics now. sarah palin on her bus tour right now. michele bachmann with a political appearance in new hampshi hampshire. who would win a smackdown of the two? at 190 miles per hour, the wind will literally lift ordinary windshield wipers off the glass. so, did we build a slower car? or design wipers that could handle anything? what do you think? the cadillac cts-v, the world's fastest production sedan. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. discover aveeno positively radiant tinted moisturizers with scientifically proven soy complex and natural minerals. give you sheer coverage instantly, then go on to even skin tone in four weeks. aveeno tinted moisturizers. >>> checkinging stories cross country now. singer sean kin
>> chris lawrence live at arlington national cemetery. thank you. >>> let's talk about politics now. sarah palin on her bus tour right now. michele bachmann with a political appearance in new hampshi hampshire. who would win a smackdown of the two? at 190 miles per hour, the wind will literally lift ordinary windshield wipers off the glass. so, did we build a slower car? or design wipers that could handle anything? what do you think? the cadillac cts-v, the world's fastest...
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that is where my colleague chris lawrence is standing by, section 60. it takes your breath away when you are standing there in arlington national cemetery. i know you were there this morning when the president stopped by and there today, especially where you stand, it is about family and service and gratitude. >> yeah, brooke. the thing that you really have to understand after spending a day here is that a lot of the families celebrated memorial day the same way that many americans do at one time, picnics, barbeques, thing likes that. it was the death of a loved one in iraq or afghanistan that changed memorial day for them forever. and because the wars in iraq and afghanistan are recent, there is no memorial for those who have fallen like the world war ii memorial and the veterans memorial, and because this is so near the nation's capital, this area of arlington national cemetery has become a memorial where a lot of the families can talk with other families who are going through many of the same things th things that they have. i want to bring in someon
that is where my colleague chris lawrence is standing by, section 60. it takes your breath away when you are standing there in arlington national cemetery. i know you were there this morning when the president stopped by and there today, especially where you stand, it is about family and service and gratitude. >> yeah, brooke. the thing that you really have to understand after spending a day here is that a lot of the families celebrated memorial day the same way that many americans do at...
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cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has details on this. chris, if true, if true, this certainly would seem damning for the pakistani government to explain. >> that's right, drew. and this is really coming out of that treasure trove of intelligence that that s.e.a.l. assault team pulled out of osama bin laden's compound on the night that they killed him. what u.s. officials is telling us is that they have seen communications between osama bin laden and his operations commander laying out the possibility of approaching pakistani officials with a deal. as you explain, basically saying we would not carry out any operations inside pakistan, and in return, you would allow us, our senior leaders, to exist and live here in pakistan without coming after us. the key here is that u.s. officials say at this point they don't see any evidence that al qaeda actually presented this plan to pakistani officials. right now all they have is that it atears to be an internal discussion. >> cnn got immediate reaction from the u.s. ambassador. let's listen to wha
cnn pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has details on this. chris, if true, if true, this certainly would seem damning for the pakistani government to explain. >> that's right, drew. and this is really coming out of that treasure trove of intelligence that that s.e.a.l. assault team pulled out of osama bin laden's compound on the night that they killed him. what u.s. officials is telling us is that they have seen communications between osama bin laden and his operations commander...
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chris lawrence comes in live. we heard they had the big cash of stuff they took the first time around. what are they looking for now? >> you have to think of this as a csi investigation but on an international scale. the team was only there about 40 minutes. less than half the time was spent combing through there for all the intelligence they found. this is the cia's chance to get back in there and answer the question, what did we miss, if anything? they could be using things like infrared cameras to look behind walls to see if anything was embedded in the walls of the compound. looking too see if anything was buried there. they can take swabs of different material to compare to a dna database, to see who was there and who may have visited. things like that that the s.e.a.l. team wouldn't have been able to do in 920-25 minutes they had to search the compound. >> whether win will they do thi? >> it is expected to be the next week. >> on a bigger symbolic picture, it still means something after the u.s. officials ar
chris lawrence comes in live. we heard they had the big cash of stuff they took the first time around. what are they looking for now? >> you have to think of this as a csi investigation but on an international scale. the team was only there about 40 minutes. less than half the time was spent combing through there for all the intelligence they found. this is the cia's chance to get back in there and answer the question, what did we miss, if anything? they could be using things like...
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let's bring back our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence who is work thing story for us. what are you picking up there, chris? >> we know from the u.s. military source that the video is hazy, it was very dark. but just think about it. this video means there is actual footage from multiple angles of the moment that osama bin laden was killed. take a look at this army training video and the view from a helmet cam. now imagine it is pitch black in a confined space. have you some idea what the navy s.e.a.l.s cam was recording. s that animation of the assault boy on bin laden's compound show, the s.e.a.l.s are in constant motion. the digital video fast and violent. the s.e.a.l.s are moving their heads constantly. so any glimpses of bin laden would be quick. the source said it is not like the s.e.a.l.s would be staring at any one thing for long. it is likely no one in the compound even knew they were being recorded. >> if the housing wasn't there, you wouldn't even see that camera. it would look like a pin dot on a piece of paper. >> reporter: chris was a navy s.e.a.l. for ten
let's bring back our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence who is work thing story for us. what are you picking up there, chris? >> we know from the u.s. military source that the video is hazy, it was very dark. but just think about it. this video means there is actual footage from multiple angles of the moment that osama bin laden was killed. take a look at this army training video and the view from a helmet cam. now imagine it is pitch black in a confined space. have you some idea what...
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chris lawrence, appreciate the details. thanks, fran. >>> just ahead, dominic strauss-kahn, head of the imf, a guy who was the likely the next president of france, on suicide watch tonight in new york. we'll have the latest on the sexual assault allegations against him. let's check in first with isha. >> levies along the mississippi river appear to be holding but water diverted to spare new orleans is still rising. here's what it looks like in morgan city, louisiana. lots of water where it's not supposed to be. john king saw it firsthand. >> reporter: this water is not supposed to be here. right now, up to my chest. if i walk out here, it drops off pretty quickly. as we go down this way. if you look at this deck, that's where the river is supposed to begin right there. and all of this land on this side would be dry. >> officials say flooding has forced more than 4,000 people in louisiana and 5,000 in mississippi from their homes. >>> in libya, seven people were reported killed in fighting in misurata with dozens wounded. me
chris lawrence, appreciate the details. thanks, fran. >>> just ahead, dominic strauss-kahn, head of the imf, a guy who was the likely the next president of france, on suicide watch tonight in new york. we'll have the latest on the sexual assault allegations against him. let's check in first with isha. >> levies along the mississippi river appear to be holding but water diverted to spare new orleans is still rising. here's what it looks like in morgan city, louisiana. lots of...
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>> chris lawrence at the pentagon. thank you. you may not know that the state department has its own version of the situation room. it is now half a century old like the white house situation room. jill dougherty got an exclusive look at the secretive spot inside the headquarters of the u.s. diplomacy. >> testing. >> got it. >> reporter: the operation center, state department's 24/7 nerve center. >> they wake up, secretary clinton. >> they would wake up anyone they needed to wake up essentially. that is -- their job. >> merrill's voice mail. >> tracking hotspots around the globe and how to get american citizens out of them. director bitters says she's never seen it so busy. >> we had a task force on egypt, then that went down and we had a week and task force on libya. then we had japan. then before japan went down we had libya again. had two going at the same time. >> reporter: 60 staff coordinate all communications for the state department around the world. giving secretary of state hillary clinton sometimes minute by minute upd
>> chris lawrence at the pentagon. thank you. you may not know that the state department has its own version of the situation room. it is now half a century old like the white house situation room. jill dougherty got an exclusive look at the secretive spot inside the headquarters of the u.s. diplomacy. >> testing. >> got it. >> reporter: the operation center, state department's 24/7 nerve center. >> they wake up, secretary clinton. >> they would wake up...
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let's check in with chris lawrence. this announcement comes days after the u.s. raid, actually weeks after the raid on bin laden's compound. is this a sort of message that is being sent between pakistan and china? >> well, in some ways, carol. if you look at it, pakistan and china have been strengthening their ties for some time. a couple months ago, during a visit, this he talked openly about this renewed partnership and renewing the strength of the friendship between the two nations. remember, they share a lot of things in common. a, they share a border. they are very close. you have the factor of india, of china views india as a potential economic rival. obviously, everyone knows about the tension between pakistan and india. also, there is some feeling that by cozying up to china, what pakistan may be doing is sort of getting a little bit of leverage with the u.s. to show, look, we have this other ally. in turn, sometimes they use, they call china sort of an all weather ally which is sort of in contrast to how they view the u.s., which they view as sometimes s
let's check in with chris lawrence. this announcement comes days after the u.s. raid, actually weeks after the raid on bin laden's compound. is this a sort of message that is being sent between pakistan and china? >> well, in some ways, carol. if you look at it, pakistan and china have been strengthening their ties for some time. a couple months ago, during a visit, this he talked openly about this renewed partnership and renewing the strength of the friendship between the two nations....
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chris lawrence is at the pentagon. >> reporter: carol, this is the cia's chance toens athe question, what did we miss, if anything? remember, the s.e.a.l. assault team was only in that compound for about 40 minutes. searching the inside grounds. still, they were able to haul away what officials are calling probably the biggest haul of intelligence day that that's ever been collected. now, the cia gets a chance to go back in. what are they looking for? well, it could be things that were embedded in some walls of the compound. it could be something that was buried outside, things the s.e.a.l.s could not have picked up on in such a short amount of time. the cia has special equipment, infrared cameras that can look behind the walls but not damage any of the information that may be placed there. also, we know for a fact that u.s. officials said osama bin laden and the people who live there burned their trash. well, the cia has equipment that can pull information, even from burned fragments of paper. that could be another av
chris lawrence is at the pentagon. >> reporter: carol, this is the cia's chance toens athe question, what did we miss, if anything? remember, the s.e.a.l. assault team was only in that compound for about 40 minutes. searching the inside grounds. still, they were able to haul away what officials are calling probably the biggest haul of intelligence day that that's ever been collected. now, the cia gets a chance to go back in. what are they looking for? well, it could be things that were...
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and in washington, chris lawrence, who has new details on the raid that killed osama bin laden. fran, let's start with you. this guy appointed interim leader of al qaeda. what do we know about him? >> he's a well established senior person within the ranks of al qaeda. he goes back to pre-9/11 being with bin laden in afghanistan. he was a trainer in training camps in afghanistan and somalia. he was behind -- he's indicted here in new york for his role in planning the east africa embassy bombings in 1998. because he was with bin laden in afghanistan, he probably had knowledge of the "cole" bombing in 2000 in yemen. he goes back to the egyptian islamic jihad, responsible for the assassination of sadat. he's got -- he's -- >> did he end up in prison with al zawahiri? because a lot of people say that's where al zawahri formed a network. >> i don't know if they were in jail together. they were part of the same organization. it's likely they served in jail together. but i don't know for certain, anderson. so this is a guy who has spent a good deal of time, after americans started bombi
and in washington, chris lawrence, who has new details on the raid that killed osama bin laden. fran, let's start with you. this guy appointed interim leader of al qaeda. what do we know about him? >> he's a well established senior person within the ranks of al qaeda. he goes back to pre-9/11 being with bin laden in afghanistan. he was a trainer in training camps in afghanistan and somalia. he was behind -- he's indicted here in new york for his role in planning the east africa embassy...
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chris lawrence is our man at the pentagon. he has details of how the operation unfolded. for those viewers, chris, who may just be tuning in here in the united states or around the world, this was a very, very risky dangerous military operation? >> yeah, exactly, wolf. we may never know the name of some of these intelligence and special forces operators who conducted this mission but they certainly undertook incredible risk. when you hear about the fascinating details about how this came together, you come away with the perception that in some ways osama bin laden may have been the architect of his own destruction in that he built a highly secure isolated compound but because it was isolated, he had to get information in and out and it was those couriers who would be his downfall. the intelligence action on this really started years ago but it really came to a head in january. that's when the u.s. found out that indeed osama bin laden may be located in a compound in pakistan. by february they determined that the intelligence was good enough to take action and by march the
chris lawrence is our man at the pentagon. he has details of how the operation unfolded. for those viewers, chris, who may just be tuning in here in the united states or around the world, this was a very, very risky dangerous military operation? >> yeah, exactly, wolf. we may never know the name of some of these intelligence and special forces operators who conducted this mission but they certainly undertook incredible risk. when you hear about the fascinating details about how this came...
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chris lawrence is live from the pentagon with more on that. chris? >> reporter: well, john, what we've been able to determine is that al qaeda thought the best way to hijack some of these oil tankers and really hurt oil and natural gas interests was to hijack one of the oil tankers and then detonate their explosives from the inside. they also recommended using scout ships to observe how these oil tankers move and even doing trial runs. it says that their ultimate goal was to plunge the u.s. into some sort of economic crisis by disrupting oil supplies for years to come. and based on all the intelligence that the navy s.e.a.l.s carried out of bin laden's compound, the homeland security department and the fbi issued this warning to police departments and oil companies across the u.s. because what they found is there's a continuing emphasis by al qaeda through this year to target those oil and natural gas interests. john? >> and so chris, what specifically is being done now because of the warning? >> reporter: well, because they don't have actionable int
chris lawrence is live from the pentagon with more on that. chris? >> reporter: well, john, what we've been able to determine is that al qaeda thought the best way to hijack some of these oil tankers and really hurt oil and natural gas interests was to hijack one of the oil tankers and then detonate their explosives from the inside. they also recommended using scout ships to observe how these oil tankers move and even doing trial runs. it says that their ultimate goal was to plunge the...
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. >> chris lawrence is in washington. he joins me now. chris, so explain this to me. here you've got the two top guy s in the pentagon objecting. whose decision has it been to release this information? >> reporter: that's the thing, everybody's making the decision for themselves. he's talking about you, me, government officials, people speaking on background inside the pentagon. look, we've heard details about this raid from the white house counterterrorism adviser, from cia director leon panetta. like i said, pentagon officials have spoken on background about it. even retired s.e.a.l.s have come forward to talk about some of the tactics they used and equipment they used in the past. what he's saying is, look, it's one step short of saying shut up, because he's saying that, now, too much has gotten out, and it's gotten to the point where you just cannot release any more information about this raid. >> chris, i rarely will disagree with you, but i think he did say shut up. he was doing it more politely, i suppose. in the speech he gave the other day, he said, we had an
. >> chris lawrence is in washington. he joins me now. chris, so explain this to me. here you've got the two top guy s in the pentagon objecting. whose decision has it been to release this information? >> reporter: that's the thing, everybody's making the decision for themselves. he's talking about you, me, government officials, people speaking on background inside the pentagon. look, we've heard details about this raid from the white house counterterrorism adviser, from cia...
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>> important points from chris lawrence, live for us tonight at the pentagon. thanks, chris. >>> ahead tonight, ron paul joins the 2012 republican presidential field and tells us how he would handle current crisis different than president obama. >>> also ahead, a deadly explosion in pakistan and the taliban there says it's retaliation for the death of bin laden. the 3.6-liter pentastar v6 engine in the jeep grand cherokee has a best in class driving range of more than 500 miles per tank. which means you don't have to worry about finding a gas station. which is good... because there just might not be one. ♪ when it's planes in the sky ♪ ♪ for a chain of supply, that's logistics ♪ ♪ when the parts for the line ♪ ♪ come precisely on time ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ a continuous link, that is always in sync ♪ ♪ that's logistics ♪ ♪ there will be no more stress ♪ ♪ cause you've called ups, that's logistics ♪ you want to keep your loved ones safe and secure. give them the gift of financial security from new york life. we've been protectin
>> important points from chris lawrence, live for us tonight at the pentagon. thanks, chris. >>> ahead tonight, ron paul joins the 2012 republican presidential field and tells us how he would handle current crisis different than president obama. >>> also ahead, a deadly explosion in pakistan and the taliban there says it's retaliation for the death of bin laden. the 3.6-liter pentastar v6 engine in the jeep grand cherokee has a best in class driving range of more than...
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lawrence for getting more. show on her last trip to mogadishu all alone met with a somali national who mentioned the traffic in toxic waste our future from go fish is a big goal. she decided to check the story in the town of bull sauce sold out here both south of. here and it was there about a journalist met with one of the leaders of an armed militia group and this was to be her last interview. where is the boat's going to see it tell it it well you want to see it over till you aspire something just use the information that's all pulling for the sound of us if i don't see a second trip. you won't believe it until you see it uses satellite then. shortly after the interview to larry i'll be unter cameraman were murdered in mogadishu. the car in which they were traveling was attacked by an armed gang that immediately fled. the death of a larry i'll be sparked dozens of inquiries in italy. the legal authorities sifted through all the businesses operating in somalia and in doing so uncovered the fraudulent toxic wa
lawrence for getting more. show on her last trip to mogadishu all alone met with a somali national who mentioned the traffic in toxic waste our future from go fish is a big goal. she decided to check the story in the town of bull sauce sold out here both south of. here and it was there about a journalist met with one of the leaders of an armed militia group and this was to be her last interview. where is the boat's going to see it tell it it well you want to see it over till you aspire...
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chris lawrence at the pentagon. explain this to us, chris. >> reporter: carol, actually, when you look at it, it wouldn't be the pentagon deciding that it's an act of war. what happens is the pentagon develops a strategy, and i think that's what "the wall street journal" is talking about. the pentagon coming up with a formal military strategy to deal with cyber attacks. it's the policy that really dictates the strategy, and the policy is coming from the white house. that was outlined about two weeks ago by president obama's national security team. we heard from secretary clinton. we heard from counterterrorism adviser john brenan. in that, it lays out all of this, including -- let me read this just a little bit to you. "reserve all the rights to use all military means -- diplomatic, military, and economic -- to deal with these sorts of attacks." it is basically saying that, if the u.s. is attacked by a cyber attack, and it causes enough damage that it would be comparable to a conventional attack, the u.s. will respo
chris lawrence at the pentagon. explain this to us, chris. >> reporter: carol, actually, when you look at it, it wouldn't be the pentagon deciding that it's an act of war. what happens is the pentagon develops a strategy, and i think that's what "the wall street journal" is talking about. the pentagon coming up with a formal military strategy to deal with cyber attacks. it's the policy that really dictates the strategy, and the policy is coming from the white house. that was...
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we are going to be getting more on this in a moment from the pentagon correspondent chris lawrence in a moment. also on the bin laden front, claims today of a first attack to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. at least 80 people were killed in twin suicide bombings in northwestern pakistan. the pakistani taliban says that it staged the attacks to avenge bin laden's death, but pakistani police not so sure about that. the target was a pakistani military recruits in these attacks. now, a report from our stan grant who was at the scene in pakistan. >> reporter: the taliban did this? >> the taliban. >> reporter: that one word is enough to strike terror in people here. the militants claiming responsibility for this carnage, and avenge killing of osama bin laden. and warning of what is to come. both men were taliban. one came on aorcycle this man says and he ran and exploded the bomb. all around, a debris, and the testament to the ferocity of the at tack, and shattered buildings and blown-out cars and here blood visible on the ground. and these are parts of a motorcycle here. you have th
we are going to be getting more on this in a moment from the pentagon correspondent chris lawrence in a moment. also on the bin laden front, claims today of a first attack to avenge the killing of osama bin laden. at least 80 people were killed in twin suicide bombings in northwestern pakistan. the pakistani taliban says that it staged the attacks to avenge bin laden's death, but pakistani police not so sure about that. the target was a pakistani military recruits in these attacks. now, a...
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chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >>> the hunt for osama bin laden spanned three terms or the terms of three presidents. why was the u.s. finally able to track him down? cnn investigating how the plan was conceived, planned and carried out. who were the architects of the resounding success? "getting bin laden" 7:00 eastern time. >>> we were telling you about the head of the imf plucked off of a plane in new york trying to leave for paris, now under arrest and charged with sexual assault. we'll head live to paris in three minutes. which provided for their every financial need. [ thunder rumbling ] [ thunder crashing ] and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. ♪ and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. kids today have superheroes that lift buildings. and superheroes that fly. but what if we could go to a place where real superheroes lived. ones who moved mountains. lifted an entire people. and taught the whole world how to fly. come see
chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >>> the hunt for osama bin laden spanned three terms or the terms of three presidents. why was the u.s. finally able to track him down? cnn investigating how the plan was conceived, planned and carried out. who were the architects of the resounding success? "getting bin laden" 7:00 eastern time. >>> we were telling you about the head of the imf plucked off of a plane in new york trying to leave for paris, now under arrest and...
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our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here working the story for us. chris, what are they so concerned about? >> that almost every detail of the mission is now out in public. think about it. when this started we didn't know much. now we know exactly how many s.e.a.l.s assaulted that compound and how many s.e.a.l.s were in reserve on backup close by. we know the tactics they took to go room to room. we know how they shot certain targets inside. we didn't know they even had a stealth helicopter before this came out. now we know there's the existence of that blackhawk helicopter. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says that it is not so much about this mission. this one is over. he says will's now a risk and it will be more difficult to conduct similar missions down the road. >> from my perspective, it is time to stop talking and we have -- talked far too much about this. we need to move on. it is a story that if we don't stop talking, it will never end. and it needs to. >> they are not pointing the finger at any one person. we heard publicly from
our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here working the story for us. chris, what are they so concerned about? >> that almost every detail of the mission is now out in public. think about it. when this started we didn't know much. now we know exactly how many s.e.a.l.s assaulted that compound and how many s.e.a.l.s were in reserve on backup close by. we know the tactics they took to go room to room. we know how they shot certain targets inside. we didn't know they even had a stealth...
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here now is cnn's chris lawrence. >> one of the most shocking things to come out of the attack on bin laden's compound was the existence of this secret stealth black hawk that no one new xaisexais existed. unlike normal black hawks it's not painted olive green but infrared suppression gray and some of the lines are more reminiscent of an f-22. radar waves can't bounce back. finally there's sort of a hub cap on the back of its tail rotor that would help suppress its sound. what happens was when the seal pz were coming coming into the compound it hit, landed on part of the wall. part of it fell into the compound. the back half fell over the wall. the s.e.a.l.s bombed and blew up the main portion but part of it got left behind in order to rush it out. now that the tail part is still there and the technology is in the hands of the pakistanis, there is some worry the pakistanis because of a slightly frayed relationship with the u.s. right now could pass that technology on to a third party, say russia or china were to get their hands on it, it could do two things, not only do they adapt it
here now is cnn's chris lawrence. >> one of the most shocking things to come out of the attack on bin laden's compound was the existence of this secret stealth black hawk that no one new xaisexais existed. unlike normal black hawks it's not painted olive green but infrared suppression gray and some of the lines are more reminiscent of an f-22. radar waves can't bounce back. finally there's sort of a hub cap on the back of its tail rotor that would help suppress its sound. what happens was...
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cnn's chris lawrence spoke to her. >> reporter: the eight american troops should have been returning to hugs and kisses, balloons and signs saying "welcome home" and some of the families wanted that to be possible. >> i wanted to come to dover to see my husband or feel his presence one last time. i wanted to salute him one last time. i wanted, what i really wanted was for it to be a mistake and for them to say no, that's not your husband there, sorry. let's undo this, but that didn't happen, and so as we got closer to his casket coming off the airplane, reality set in that it really is. it's him. he's never coming back. >> reporter: suzanna and jeff ausborn met in kuwait. >> he was so kind, compassionate and loving and patient. that's what made him such a good instructor pilot. he embraced all cultures. i've never met anyone like him before. >> reporter: she knew the risks when jeff volunteered to deploy but thought this sounds as safe as you can get in afghanistan. >> he was going to instruct pilots how to fly their airplane. he wasn't -- he wasn't in a job where he was out in shoot
cnn's chris lawrence spoke to her. >> reporter: the eight american troops should have been returning to hugs and kisses, balloons and signs saying "welcome home" and some of the families wanted that to be possible. >> i wanted to come to dover to see my husband or feel his presence one last time. i wanted to salute him one last time. i wanted, what i really wanted was for it to be a mistake and for them to say no, that's not your husband there, sorry. let's undo this, but...
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. >> chris lawrence with the pentagon. chris, thank you. >>> there's a whot other big story. al qaeda has chosen its new number one to osama bin laden. would it shock you to learn he actually opposed 9/11. he's egyptian. long-time al qaeda veteran and we're going to talk about that here in a moment. we did a little digging here on my team, and we found that in the 9/11 report, you know, the report from the commission appointed by president bush, here's what we found. take a look. this is from page 211. quote, those who opposed bin laden were weighty figures in the organization including abu hafs and see the last one there? sayf al adal. you have one camp who supports the attacks on the u.s. and the other camp preferring to concentrate on camps elsewhere. do we know which camp this guy belongs to? >> we have reason to believe he belongs in the camp that opposed 9/11 just as a tactile decision. it's hard to believe that they could argue about what's the best tactic. people like him were concerned that such a grand and masterful attack on the united states would turn the world c
. >> chris lawrence with the pentagon. chris, thank you. >>> there's a whot other big story. al qaeda has chosen its new number one to osama bin laden. would it shock you to learn he actually opposed 9/11. he's egyptian. long-time al qaeda veteran and we're going to talk about that here in a moment. we did a little digging here on my team, and we found that in the 9/11 report, you know, the report from the commission appointed by president bush, here's what we found. take a look....
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our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. >> reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last five years, the last ten years. they say for every man or woman who dies in service there's about 10 people that that affects. mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, children. the deaths of these service members really affects 60,000 americans. each one is a separate story. you look at sergeant ashly moyer. she was 22 years old when she was killed in an attack in iraq. and he was positive humanously given an award, ross andrew mcginnis. he had a chance to jump out of the vehicle but he threw himself on the grenade and saved the lives of the other men inside. we got a chance to speak to nicky bunting who lost her husband in afghanistan four years ago. she really
our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. >> reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last five years, the last ten years. they say for every man or woman who dies in service there's...
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chris lawrence is at the pentagon with all of the details. chris? >> candy, all of this is coming out of the massive treasurer trove of intelligence that the navy s.e.a.l.s pulled out of bin laden's compound. this revelation is fascinating in that it really reveals one of the ways in which osama bin laden thought about trying to evade u.s. detection. documents seized show that he was ready to make a deal, pakistan, no attacks if pakistan protected its leaders and allowed them to live there. pakistan's ambassador told cnn there were no contacts with his country. >> you can think of many things of wanting to do them and so did osama bin laden. question is, did erase any of them and the government shows that it did not. >> bin laden did communicate with the operations chief about brokering protection and while there's no evidence that he ever approached pakistani leaders to make a deal, there's still an open question about bin laden's links to people in pakistan. >> our counterparts in the government were very forthcoming in saying that, you know, some
chris lawrence is at the pentagon with all of the details. chris? >> candy, all of this is coming out of the massive treasurer trove of intelligence that the navy s.e.a.l.s pulled out of bin laden's compound. this revelation is fascinating in that it really reveals one of the ways in which osama bin laden thought about trying to evade u.s. detection. documents seized show that he was ready to make a deal, pakistan, no attacks if pakistan protected its leaders and allowed them to live...
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want to bring in our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. chris, give us a sense here. secretary gates is worried that too much information on the bin laden raid has now been made public. why were there so many operational details that were released in the first place? >> more than likely, suzanne, because they got osama bin laden and lot of officials were proud of that fact and wanted to talk about it, and, not to be hypocritical, there's plenty of us in the media who kept asking those questions. we wanted to know more and people wanted to know more details about those raids, and people kept talking about it. before this happened, we didn't even know the u.s. had a stealth blackhawk. now we do. we didn't know some of the tactics that the mock-up, that compound that they practiced on, all of that has come out. i think now secretary gates is saying there is a real danger, not only from him but that some of the s.e.a.l.s feel there is a danger that their names could eventually become public. the secretary does not want that to happen. >> when i met with the team last thur
want to bring in our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. chris, give us a sense here. secretary gates is worried that too much information on the bin laden raid has now been made public. why were there so many operational details that were released in the first place? >> more than likely, suzanne, because they got osama bin laden and lot of officials were proud of that fact and wanted to talk about it, and, not to be hypocritical, there's plenty of us in the media who kept asking those...
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chris lawrence is live now. chris, what do we know? and again how precisely do we know this? >> how we know is that from all of that material, those documents that the navy s.e.a.l.s took out of osama bin laden's compound, intelligent agents have been pouring over these documents and what they show is that osama bin laden communicated with the operations chief about the possibility of trying to broker some sort of protection deal with pakistan and as you said, the basic framework of the deal would be al qaeda would not stage any attacks in pakistan and in exchange pakistan would sort of allow al qaeda leaders to live there sort of a hands off approach but there's no evidence that they actually approached pakistani officials with that deal. officials say it looks to be something that al qaeda talked about internally. >> just an internal discussion and that's a huge differentiation to make. also, we learned that pakistan is allowing the cia in to that compound to examine maybe what is left but you've reported this countlessly about everything that the s.e.a.l.s had taken out of
chris lawrence is live now. chris, what do we know? and again how precisely do we know this? >> how we know is that from all of that material, those documents that the navy s.e.a.l.s took out of osama bin laden's compound, intelligent agents have been pouring over these documents and what they show is that osama bin laden communicated with the operations chief about the possibility of trying to broker some sort of protection deal with pakistan and as you said, the basic framework of the...
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chris lawrence cnn at the pentagon. >> coming up, we'll introduce you to an alligator hunter who business is rising with the flood of warmth. >> a rainy day around the basin showers falling for tonight i will let you know how much longer the wet weather was to crown coming up. [ coach ] in albuquerque citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >> some rainy weather for the bay area. a lot of beautiful clouds in the sky. the son managed to get through a little bit for this afternoon. now that the rain is over the wind begins to take up. walesa, now at sfo 32 mi. per hour. --the winds at sfo or 32 mph. right now the temperature during
chris lawrence cnn at the pentagon. >> coming up, we'll introduce you to an alligator hunter who business is rising with the flood of warmth. >> a rainy day around the basin showers falling for tonight i will let you know how much longer the wet weather was to crown coming up. [ coach ] in albuquerque citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the...
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i want to bring in our cnn pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. chris, what do we know about the cia team going for this trip into the compound? what are they hoping to get out of this or find? >> they're going to be looking for anything that you maybe could not see with the naked eye. in other words, this assault team, the s.e.a.l. team that carried so much intelligence out of that compound, they were only in there for about 40 minutes. nearly half that time was spent actually searching the compound. the pakistanis then went in. but in this case, this is a forensic team that's going to go in. so in other words, they may be using things like infrared cameras to look behind the walls to see if anything was embedded in the walls, to see if anything was buried out decide the compound. we know that osama bin laden and the people that lived there burned their trash but the cia may have capabilities to even pull information off of fragments of things that have been burned. so they're looking for things that maybe aren't seen with the naked eye, even swa
i want to bring in our cnn pentagon correspondent, chris lawrence. chris, what do we know about the cia team going for this trip into the compound? what are they hoping to get out of this or find? >> they're going to be looking for anything that you maybe could not see with the naked eye. in other words, this assault team, the s.e.a.l. team that carried so much intelligence out of that compound, they were only in there for about 40 minutes. nearly half that time was spent actually...
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let's go to chris lawrence. he's working this part of the story. what are you learning about visitors coming to the bin laden compound during the five or six years he was living there? >> reporter: well, wolf, that he didn't have many. according to a u.s. official who talked to us, this official says that visitors to this compound where bin laden was living were few and far between. now, why is that news? because it contradicts and disputes another report out there in which a taliban leader in afghanistan says bin laden did have visitors, that he did have access. in fact, he says, this taliban leader, that he was one of those visitors, that he came to see bin laden about two years ago. right now u.s. officials are saying all the intelligence suggests that these visits were very, very infrequent. but all that said, they did not have 24/7 surveillance on this compound, in part because they didn't want to tip off bin laden or anyone else living there, that they were watching the place. think of a drone perhaps buzzing overhead constantly for weeks, mo
let's go to chris lawrence. he's working this part of the story. what are you learning about visitors coming to the bin laden compound during the five or six years he was living there? >> reporter: well, wolf, that he didn't have many. according to a u.s. official who talked to us, this official says that visitors to this compound where bin laden was living were few and far between. now, why is that news? because it contradicts and disputes another report out there in which a taliban...
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>> thanks so much to our chris lawrence at arlington for us today. >>> it is a nightmare scenario. you are hurt and you head for the hospital, and then you're turned away because it's missing the one thing a hospital should always have. that's coming up. >>> and the south has always had its share of dangerous creatures. the difference now is they're looking for new turf and the weather is helping. [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. producing products that save on fuel and emissions like ecopia tires... even making parts for solar panels that harness the sun's energy... working on social activities like clean up programs on beaches in many locations... and regional replanting activities that
>> thanks so much to our chris lawrence at arlington for us today. >>> it is a nightmare scenario. you are hurt and you head for the hospital, and then you're turned away because it's missing the one thing a hospital should always have. that's coming up. >>> and the south has always had its share of dangerous creatures. the difference now is they're looking for new turf and the weather is helping. [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless...
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pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has an inside look at this elite group of warriors. >> reporter: the team that killed osama bin laden had gone through thousands of scenarios for assaulting a compound. just like this group of navy s.e.a.l.s on u.s. soil. but the team that went after bin laden was special. part of the naval special warfare development group, or dev group. >> the s.e.a.l. team is the all-star of the s.e.a.l. teams. >> reporter: stu smith a former s.e.a.l. who says the men in that raid have at least five years as special operators. >> the s.e.a.l. team is based on combat experience, all of these guy probably have a hundred, 20 omissions. >> reporter: the cia provided detailed satellite pictures of bin laden's compound. enough to build a replica, where the s.e.a.l. team practiced. a soon yor enior defense offici they trained without nowing who the target was. by sunday they knew the location of every gate and win he dough in the compound, the height of the walls. >> they didn't know when they got there exactly what some of the internal features of it would be. >> rep
pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has an inside look at this elite group of warriors. >> reporter: the team that killed osama bin laden had gone through thousands of scenarios for assaulting a compound. just like this group of navy s.e.a.l.s on u.s. soil. but the team that went after bin laden was special. part of the naval special warfare development group, or dev group. >> the s.e.a.l. team is the all-star of the s.e.a.l. teams. >> reporter: stu smith a former s.e.a.l....
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but first, another check of the weather from the weather channel's chris lawrence. >> good morning, chris. >> good morning to both of you. we're having a warm day here on the east coast and the south. it's a happy day for some people here. we have a couple of happy birthdays here. and what are we doing to celebrate? >> i'm going to be going to a mets game later on today. >> good luck, have fun. as far as the weather goes, we're going to have some spots where we are going to see strong thunderstorms today and tomorrow. see the areas of red in the upper plains and throughout the great lakes? that's a good chance of storms. it's going to be warm. not hot on the east coast and >>> and here's a look at today's high temperatures if you want to call them high temperatures at all. upper 50s to mid 60s for most of the bay area, and we're also going to have to see a slight chance of some showers, especially in the north bay hill tops. which will give us snow in the sierras near 6,000 feet. so look out for that if you're heading into the high country today or tomorrow. and tomorrow warmer and drier
but first, another check of the weather from the weather channel's chris lawrence. >> good morning, chris. >> good morning to both of you. we're having a warm day here on the east coast and the south. it's a happy day for some people here. we have a couple of happy birthdays here. and what are we doing to celebrate? >> i'm going to be going to a mets game later on today. >> good luck, have fun. as far as the weather goes, we're going to have some spots where we are going...
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>> all right, chris lawrence, live for us at arlington national cemetery. chris, thank you very much. >>> in just a few hours, president obama is expected to name a replacement for joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen, who is retiring at the end of this summer, after 43 years. >> 43 years of service. mullen just returned from pakistan on friday, he was there with secretary of state hillary clinton. they addressed the relationship that's been strained since the raid on the bin laden compound. earlier on "american morning," we asked him about concerns that pakistan's government may have known about bin laden's whereabouts. >> our presence there, although there certainly is a belief that there was some support network in both the united states and pakistan, specifically believe that. again, i've seen them focus on this. we've certainly had differences, but we come from a time in the '90s where we had no relationship. we had a big trust deficit. so we're working our way back through that. certainly, the recent raid put a significant dent in that progress,
>> all right, chris lawrence, live for us at arlington national cemetery. chris, thank you very much. >>> in just a few hours, president obama is expected to name a replacement for joint chiefs chairman admiral mike mullen, who is retiring at the end of this summer, after 43 years. >> 43 years of service. mullen just returned from pakistan on friday, he was there with secretary of state hillary clinton. they addressed the relationship that's been strained since the raid on...
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chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >>> the u.s. has given pakistan $18 billion since 9/11, mainly to fight terrorism, which brings us to today's talk back question and carol costello. >> so many questions about what pakistan knew about osama bin laden's whereabouts. some are asking this question today, should the u.s. freeze pakistan funding? this from rocky, they have achieved the ultimate goal of bin laden's demise. remember, keep your friends close and enemies closer. pakistan has lost so many citizens due to bin laden, as well. this from nathaniel, yes, immediately. we the u.s. have been played for fools for too long. charlene says they knew he was there. when you listen to them try to explain it, it sounds almost like my kids did when they were caught doing something wrong. this from jane. no, but we must insist on transparency. no more here's the dough, do what you want. like a troubled marriage, we can't live with them, but can't live without them. keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolcnn, and i'll be back in about
chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >>> the u.s. has given pakistan $18 billion since 9/11, mainly to fight terrorism, which brings us to today's talk back question and carol costello. >> so many questions about what pakistan knew about osama bin laden's whereabouts. some are asking this question today, should the u.s. freeze pakistan funding? this from rocky, they have achieved the ultimate goal of bin laden's demise. remember, keep your friends close and enemies closer. pakistan...
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i want to go to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence who's joining us. chris, what kind of targets are we talking about specifically? >> well, suzanne, we're talking about oil and natural gas targets. the department of homeland security and the fbi have put out a warning to police departments all across the united states just telling them that al qaeda has a continuing interest in trying to strike oil and natural gas targets here in the u.s. what that means is, last year, 2010, they got some intelligence that al qaeda was perhaps targeting or looking for targets at oil tankers, commercial oil infrastructure in the united states, and what this is saying is, based on what they found in osama bin laden's compound, that interest has not abated. there is a continuing interest by al qaeda to go after those targets. now, in the intelligence circles they've got something what they call actionable intelligence. they don't have that here. there's no specific date. there's no specific time. there's no person that they can point to to say they have a plan in motion.
i want to go to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence who's joining us. chris, what kind of targets are we talking about specifically? >> well, suzanne, we're talking about oil and natural gas targets. the department of homeland security and the fbi have put out a warning to police departments all across the united states just telling them that al qaeda has a continuing interest in trying to strike oil and natural gas targets here in the u.s. what that means is, last year, 2010, they...
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chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> one former navy s.e.a.l. says the unspoken code is to be a quiet professional. but he is providing us with some insight into the mission to capture and kill osama bin laden. chris spent ten years as a navy s.e.a.l. he's currently vice president of a company that provides products and training for police, fire departments and other first responders and he joins us from cleveland. first of all, thanks for being here. give us a sense of how the s.e.a.l. team prepared for this mission. >> thanks for having me, suzanne. the s.e.a.l.s had an exact replica of this compound that was built just off of the base at bagram in afghanistan. they trained on this site hundreds and hundreds of times. they knew the height of every wall, the thickness of every wall, the distance from one wall to the next. they knew every intimate detail in that compound just like you or i would know every detail in our own kitchen or our own bathroom. it was very methodic, very rehearsed, very calculated. >> do you know any of the s.e.a.l.s who
chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> one former navy s.e.a.l. says the unspoken code is to be a quiet professional. but he is providing us with some insight into the mission to capture and kill osama bin laden. chris spent ten years as a navy s.e.a.l. he's currently vice president of a company that provides products and training for police, fire departments and other first responders and he joins us from cleveland. first of all, thanks for being here. give us a sense of how the s.e.a.l....
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. >> let me bring in our pentagon correspondent right now, chris lawrence. hello to you. you heard the president say we're going to go forward. there were warnings collected from that bin laden compound. >> that's right. the department of homeland security and fbi put out a warning to a lot of local law enforcement agencies as well as some of the oil companies that, based on the information that that s.e.a.l. team hauled out of bin laden's compound, they believe al qaeda has a continuing interest in trying to go after oil and natural gas targets. what does that mean? well, back in 2010 they got some intelligence that al qaeda was targeting oil tankers, that they had a plan to sort of plunge the u.s. into an economic crisis by impacting the oil supplies for years to come. they had scoped out doing trial runs and they had determined that the best way to try to sink an oil tanker was to hijack it and detonate explosives from the inside. they had gone so far as to look at the weather patterns and determine the best time to do this would be from the late summer through mid-sor
. >> let me bring in our pentagon correspondent right now, chris lawrence. hello to you. you heard the president say we're going to go forward. there were warnings collected from that bin laden compound. >> that's right. the department of homeland security and fbi put out a warning to a lot of local law enforcement agencies as well as some of the oil companies that, based on the information that that s.e.a.l. team hauled out of bin laden's compound, they believe al qaeda has a...
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>> chris lawrence at the pentagon. thank you, chris. >> you're welcome. >>> if you're trying to sell your house, good luck. even if you're not, you're going to want to hear about the latest drop in housing prices. with bengay pain relief plus massage you can do this... get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can't do that. but you can do this. bengay pain relief + massage with penetrating nubs plus the powerful pain relief of bengay. love the nubs! and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> quick check of the markets. the dow jones up by 65 points or so. we're also taking a quick look here at the lead story. cnnmoney.com's lead story, double dip now in home prices. home prices reaching a post-recession low during the
>> chris lawrence at the pentagon. thank you, chris. >> you're welcome. >>> if you're trying to sell your house, good luck. even if you're not, you're going to want to hear about the latest drop in housing prices. with bengay pain relief plus massage you can do this... get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can't do that. but you can do this. bengay pain relief + massage with penetrating nubs plus the powerful pain relief of bengay. love the nubs! and started earning loads of...
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so let's go straight to chris lawrence who joins me now live from the pentagon with the very latest. chris, what was al qaeda targeting specifically? specifically, randi, they're looking at oil and natural gas installations. and this comes from initially getting some intelligence last year that they were looking at possibly oil tankers and other commercial oil infrastructure here in the united states. >> what do officials mean by this so-called continuing interest? >> what that means is they didn't get anything here that necessarily pointed to something specific. what they found was, last year, they got some intelligence that al qaeda was targeting these oil and natural gas installations in the united states. what they're saying is, some of the information that they just got shows that al qaeda still has a continuing interest right now in going after some of those targets. >> where is this intel coming from? >> it's coming from that treasure trove of information that those s.e.a.l. teams hauled out of osama bin laden's compound. we don't know if it specifically came from osama bin la
so let's go straight to chris lawrence who joins me now live from the pentagon with the very latest. chris, what was al qaeda targeting specifically? specifically, randi, they're looking at oil and natural gas installations. and this comes from initially getting some intelligence last year that they were looking at possibly oil tankers and other commercial oil infrastructure here in the united states. >> what do officials mean by this so-called continuing interest? >> what that...
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here's a bit of it from chris lawrence. >> the president of the united states. >> april 30th, 2011. >> it's wonderful to be here at the white house correspondence dinner. just in case there are any lingering questions, tonight for the first time, i'm releasing my official birth video. >> but behind the laughter, it was the defining moment for obama's presidency. >> little did we know what he knew, which was we were just a few hours away from killing osama bin laden. >> just hours earlier, the president made a final phone call to the vice admiral. >> it was very dramatic because the president basically said godspeed. we have given you all we can to get the job done. now it's up to you and your men. >> 7,000 miles away, at a u.s. military base in afghanistan, a handful of america's elite commandos are gearing up for the most important mission of their lives. capturing or killing osama bin laden.
here's a bit of it from chris lawrence. >> the president of the united states. >> april 30th, 2011. >> it's wonderful to be here at the white house correspondence dinner. just in case there are any lingering questions, tonight for the first time, i'm releasing my official birth video. >> but behind the laughter, it was the defining moment for obama's presidency. >> little did we know what he knew, which was we were just a few hours away from killing osama bin...
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and chris lawrence was there. how was the president received? >> well, very well, joe. i mean, people were, you know, coming up to him, and there was a huge crowd around him as he made his way through what is a hot day, and one in which a lot of the families here have spent the majority of the day. we got here about 6:00 in the morning, and there were families here an hour later, and some of them, i can still see that are still here today. i think that the overall thing that you get from talking to the families is that these graves can be very personal. they are all very personal stories. i mean, if you look in here, you can see how people have decorated these graves leaving things, and things that maybe don't make sense to anyone else but the people involved. this is a bud light can with a budlight cap, and this one has a little rock that says hope. we talked to one young woman who lost her husband in afghanistan and he had come home on r&r and spent time at home and four days later he deployed back to afghanistan. he was in a vehicle training some of the afghan police
and chris lawrence was there. how was the president received? >> well, very well, joe. i mean, people were, you know, coming up to him, and there was a huge crowd around him as he made his way through what is a hot day, and one in which a lot of the families here have spent the majority of the day. we got here about 6:00 in the morning, and there were families here an hour later, and some of them, i can still see that are still here today. i think that the overall thing that you get from...
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. >> i'm chris lawrence at the pentagon where a very busy week ahead is starting this weekend. because on sunday the u.s. navy will name its newest aircraft carrier. then, of course, on monday military and families all across the country will celebrate memorial day, culminating with defense secretary robert gates laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. then the pentagon shifts into business mode for the rest of the week. we expect to get an operational update from afghanistan at a very pivotal time as it gets closer and closer, just weeks away now from the possible first withdrawal of american troops. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. coming up this week on wall street a couple of key economic reports, including the latest reading on home prices and new numbers of car sales. prices of the cars have gone up after the disasner japan. also ahead, a look at construction spending in the u.s. and also the latest job numbers. the government's monthly employment report will be released on friday morning. we'll see if the unemployment rate has d
. >> i'm chris lawrence at the pentagon where a very busy week ahead is starting this weekend. because on sunday the u.s. navy will name its newest aircraft carrier. then, of course, on monday military and families all across the country will celebrate memorial day, culminating with defense secretary robert gates laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. then the pentagon shifts into business mode for the rest of the week. we expect to get an...
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chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> other news that we continue to follow around the world. government troops opened fire on civilian protesters in syria. we're told people were killed. many others wounded. >> details coming up. ♪ sometimes i feel like... mom! ♪ i know i can count on you ♪ sometimes i feel like saying... ♪ mom! mom! [ male announcer ] you know mom. we know diamonds. storewide now through saturday, we'll make this mother's day one she'll never forget. momma! [ male announcer ] that's why only zales is the diamond store. >>> let's run down other international stories starting in syria i witnesses say troops stormed a villium with open fire on protesters. >> cnn has no reporters in syria and can't confirm the report. also, anti-government protesters burned tired near this mural of the president. >> libya burning oil depots, lighting up the night. the oil storage tanks were deliberately bombed by forces loyal to gadhafi. >> the opposition claims the italian government has agreed to provide weapons to the rebel movement. italy has denied that. >> ouattara
chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. >> other news that we continue to follow around the world. government troops opened fire on civilian protesters in syria. we're told people were killed. many others wounded. >> details coming up. ♪ sometimes i feel like... mom! ♪ i know i can count on you ♪ sometimes i feel like saying... ♪ mom! mom! [ male announcer ] you know mom. we know diamonds. storewide now through saturday, we'll make this mother's day one she'll never forget....
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chris lawrence is tracking and live in washington tonight. the defense secretary is careful with his words. he was trying to send a message here. >> he is trying to walk a very, very delicate line. on one hand they are very aware of the pressure on congress and really the attitude of the american people to wonder where have all the millions gone and what have we gotten for our money. they will all tell you how much the united states still depens on pakistan. you saw secretary gates using those words saying the pakistan military has been humiliated and they were able to go in with impunity and that was to show they get it. they understand that. you heard them talking about the head of pakistan's military by saying this man is not just a peer, he is a friend. they are telling me you still need to get the supplies to the troops in afghanistan through pakistan. if we are going to go after the leaders on the pakistani side, we still need pakistan's cooperation. >> what is striking is you just mentioned a key point. these guys have to deal minute b
chris lawrence is tracking and live in washington tonight. the defense secretary is careful with his words. he was trying to send a message here. >> he is trying to walk a very, very delicate line. on one hand they are very aware of the pressure on congress and really the attitude of the american people to wonder where have all the millions gone and what have we gotten for our money. they will all tell you how much the united states still depens on pakistan. you saw secretary gates using...
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our thanks to chris lawrence, of course. >>> who is baseball's homerun kings? purists say it's hank aaron, but what does he have to say about that? >> we were talking about barry bonds. he's hit more homeruns than i did. >> do you agree with him? well, hank aaron opens up about the man who took his record to t.j. holmes next. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. hey, dad, think i could drive? i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up. ♪ ♪ [ son ] you realize, it's gotta run out sometime. ♪ i know what works differently than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris. to the nose! did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nosebl
our thanks to chris lawrence, of course. >>> who is baseball's homerun kings? purists say it's hank aaron, but what does he have to say about that? >> we were talking about barry bonds. he's hit more homeruns than i did. >> do you agree with him? well, hank aaron opens up about the man who took his record to t.j. holmes next. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in....
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pentagon correspondent chris lawrence looks at the surge in enlistment. >> reporter: one of the things that the military is seeing now is a surge of college graduates enlisting in the military. again, college grads not going the officer route but enlisting. one of the reasons is, of course, the economy. a lot of these graduates have come out and they thought they would be getting jobs in their field with fairly good salaries, well that just hasn't happened the last couple years. take a look at this, back in 2007, just before the economy tanked, about 3,500 soldiers joined the army with bachelors and masters degrees. by last year, that number was well over 6,000. now, the navy and the air force have both reported some increases, too. in fact we traveled to ohio to talk to a young man who has been out of ohio state for the better part of two or three years, he's been working fast food jobs, nothing in his field, just can't get a good shake with anything, and he talked to us about the difficulty of trying to find a job in this economy. >> that's the thing. i've even tried to apply at loca
pentagon correspondent chris lawrence looks at the surge in enlistment. >> reporter: one of the things that the military is seeing now is a surge of college graduates enlisting in the military. again, college grads not going the officer route but enlisting. one of the reasons is, of course, the economy. a lot of these graduates have come out and they thought they would be getting jobs in their field with fairly good salaries, well that just hasn't happened the last couple years. take a...